They are currently implementing policies to rehabilitate old cocoa trees, a process that could take two to three years before they can re-enter the market, as cocoa trees typically take three year ...

President John Dramani Mahama has urged Parliament to enact legislation that explicitly bans the destruction of cocoa farms ...

and the distortion of leaf and shoot growth. In the first year of infection, infected trees have a much decreased cacao yield, and usually die a few years afterward. Over 250 million trees have ...

Thousands of cocoa farmers across Indonesia are working with businesses and other organizations to protect their crops ...

Those methods include upping amounts of leaf litter to improve insect pollinator propagation, increasing the density of cacao tree plantings, utilizing taller native shade trees and limiting ...

“Now it will help the tree grow new fruit,” farmer Tari Santoso says with a smile. Thousands of cocoa farmers across Indonesia like Santoso are working with businesses and other organizations ...

“Now it will help the tree grow new fruit,” farmer Tari Santoso says with a smile. Thousands of cocoa farmers across Indonesia like Santoso are working with businesses and other organizations ...

(AP Photo/Dita Alangkara) Cocoa farmer Sarwono uses banana leaves to cover cocoa beans in ... (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara) A farmer trims a cocoa tree at a plantation in Tanjung Rejo, Lampung ...